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30: Demon himself

Hoseok's POV

I walked into the hoop, towards the guy clad in white fitted pants and a full-sleeved white turtle neck top, square chained necklace who was plucking berries from the trees with his back facing me in the middle of the forest. The horns of his white mask were visible from behind making him look like a buck, hunting for wild berries.

"Raspberries, right?" 

He flinched and quickly turned around, his eyes flickered yellow for a moment but then died down sensing me. I smiled while he took his mask off, showing his features that is already known to me. 

Jimin curved his lips up, eyes crinkling as he met my gaze. "Hobi?" He used the nickname that he uses to always call me. "How are you?" I asked but he just nodded with a soft smile.

"I just assumed that's why you weren't visiting me for a while," he said in a low voice. "I just wanted to give you some space," I softly replied. He looked up at me, eyes wavering and weak.

"I know. I have made mistakes. And people were hurt." He said but I held his shoulders. "That was not what I was here for, Jimin," I told him and he frowned, tilting his head and passing me a questionable look. "Then what are you here for?"

"We need your help."

He sighed and turned around taking the basket where he collected all the berries, holding his mask in the other free hand and wearing it back again. "What is it?"

"What do you know about the Multiverse?" I asked and he twisted his head to peek at me slightly, walking forward as I slowly followed him through the woods. He picked up some berries from the ground and tossed them into his wooden basket.

"The Multiverse. Dad had his theories. He believed it was real. And he told me it's dangerous." He said and kept the basket on the ground, moving to another tree and looking for fresh berries. "He was right. About both. Real and dangerous."

Jimin turned to look at me, quirking an eyebrow as he walked past me to drop the berries and then walked back to the tree. "You see, we found some people from the other universes. Among them is a girl who can somehow travel across it but she is being pursued."

He looked at me in shock. "Pursued by who?"

"Some kind of demon who covets her powers for himself," I explained as we walked forward together. "We have taken her to Kamar Taj and got our defenses but we could use your powers," I said, looking at him with a smirk.

He chuckled and gave me a toothy grin. "There are other powers. Namjoon and Yoongi." He replied and walked forward. I jogged up to him. 

"Yeah but given a choice to choose between a powerful mafia and a grumpy reality-changing kitten or," I looked up and Jimin bit his lips to contain his smile. "The most powerful mind wielder in the universe. It's an easy call."

He giggled but I sighed as he looked at me, lips still up for a small smile as he peered at me. "Come to Kamar Taj. You will meet new friends too." I told him and he hummed, nodding his head as he looked forward.

We strolled when he asked, "What if you bring Y/n here?" I listened and tilted my head. "Here?" I questioned. But a realization struck me instantly.

I halted on my step but he kept walking and mumbling, "Yeah, I mean I know what it's like to be on your own, hunted for your abilities, you're never wanted and I can protect her." He stopped and turned around, knitting his brows together in confusion.

I sighed, shutting my eyes, and then gave Jimin a look of frustration. He pressed his lips together and gave me a defeated smile. "You never told me her name did you?" He asked and I looked at him sternly. "No. No, I didn't."

He nodded and then raised his hand, emitting yellow flames from it as the surroundings changed. "You know, building an illusion was the easy part but lying. . . not so easy." He said and the illusion he built of the beautiful woods changed to a burnt forest, most of the trees were charred, only branches with the bark. No raspberries nor greenery. Just darkness everywhere.

The sun was gone and instead, it was the mild light of Elara moon that was a dark shade of yellow in the fiery dark yellow sky. I looked around, biting my lips, and then turned around to see Jimin but his dress was different too.

The color was black. The same dress and mask but in black. But my eyes widened to see the book floating beside him.

"The Darkhold," I said, eyeing it and Jimin tilted his head. "So you are aware of the Darkhold." He said and I looked into his eyes.

"The book of the damned and that it corrupts everything and everyone that it touches. I wonder what it has done to you." I stated firmly. He frowned. "The Darkhold just showed me the truth. Everything I lost. Can be mine again."

"What do you want with Y/n? What do you want with the Multiverse?" I asked him, glaring my eyes but he was calm. "I am going to leave this universe and go to where I can meet my sister."

I glared at him, fisting my hands and stepping to him but he didn't back away. "Jimin, you created your sister using your power. Mind. She is not real. You destroyed this whole planet and your family because of your illusion about her."

"She is there. Minji is real. Somewhere in this multiverse. I am going to use Y/n's power, combine it with my own mind power, and travel to the universe where I can see her." He said, smirking evilly at me.

"Jimin, what you're doing is a flagrant violation of every natural law, and if you take her power then the girl won't survive." I tried to convince him. His smile dropped and he shook his head.

"I don't relish hurting anyone, Hoseok. But she is not a girl. She is a demi-goddess. Such raw power could wreak havoc on this and other worlds. Her sacrifice would be for the greater good." Jimin said but I instantly replied, "That's the kind of justification our enemies use."

"If I get to meet my sister then I am ready to be your enemy," he whispered, staring intensely into my eyes. I gazed back, "What happens now?" I asked him, exhaling deeply. He smiled and tilted his head and answered,

"Return to Kamar Taj and prepare to hand over Y/n by sundown. Peacefully. After that, you will never see me again."

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Double update because someone was being cute in the comments section earlier.